Improvement in fence



double the thickness and width of the rails R, 1

tvire is carried down and wrapped around the `spike aient ffre.

. isnAnL' L. LANDIS, 04F LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA Letters Patent No. 65,819, dated June 18, 1867.

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`TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN;

Bc itknown that LTSRAEL L. LANDIs, ot' Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster', and- State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and simplified Mode of Securin'g Portable Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of thisI specification,- in Which-,

Figure 1 shows two panels et' my fence set'up.

Figure 2, the hase-timber andwire braces.

.Figure 3, a panel ot' pale-fence for the same hase and braces, when set up,V

Figure 4, illustrations of nneien ground and theadaptation of the fencing or base-timbers tothe slope.

The nature of lmy invention is in avoidingall framing, and to make a lightpanel, adapted to rolling soil, and which a single individual can put up with'case and make a permanent fence that will pro've satisfactory.

To enable any farmer to make and use my invention, it is only necessary to say that the posts P being, say,

'2, 3, 4, and 5. The rails of the ordinary length areirnily nailed .to the posts, parallclto each other, in the usual manner, onlythat the top rails 1 or 2 project beyond the :post say six or eight inches, while the other rails project onlyhalf that distance, three er foar inches. 'lhe hedilimber B may he a pieeeoi' common cord-wood four feet long, or a sill out out of squared timber, with a central notch or groove for the reception of a portion of thc-projection of the lower ruil or post. These sills' have o large headed spike, or its equivalent, driven in on each endas shown. Being provided with the panels (iig. 1 or fig. and the sillsli, and a coil of sufficiently stout annealed wire, all is ready for setting up. The sill being` laid across the line ot' 'fencing at right angles thereto,vthe top projections, 1 or 2, of two adjoining `panels are lapped one behind the other, the lower projections 5 set lin the notch, a temporary prop for the first panel, will enable the farmer personally to set it up with ease, Ythe wire w being' wrapped around one spike, s, and once or twice around the two over-lapping top rails, holding the posts perpendicular, or nearly so. The other end of thc s on the opposite side. This secures thetop and bottom rails, and at the same time braces them. i i

It is evident that the wire'bra-ccs 'are readily adjusted while putting on, to. set the posts with their panels if'ertically,I and adapt the' sills to the slope of thc gronnd;as well as the panels also. The' adjustahility of the wire, the 'single sill, with its notch and spikes, so simplifies matters as to make this a truly portable fence, applicable to all purposes for which such fences may he required, andl decidedly the cheapest fence, there being no waste of materials.4 I am aware that th'e hase-timber is used with framed piecesl in place of the wire, and that panels with projecting rails are not new. `:But I am not aware that any arranged in the specific manner shown, and-seeuredby Wire braces for connecting the upper united rails with. the sills, have eveibeen used. i,

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is ,V

Se constructing the panclsof a fence that one of the rails of each panel shall overlap the correspondin 1 panel, and securing the salue together hy a wire brace in the manner specified.

rail of theV adjoininD I also claim specially 'the mode of fastening shown .in Figure 5. i Y j ISRAEL L. LANDIS.

Witnesses:

WM. 13. WILEY, Jncon STAL'FFER, 

